Advent calendar about cultural heritage connected to Astrid Lindgren and Filmbyn Småland

Astrid Lindgren is part of Cykla i Filmlandskapet's Christmas calendar 2025. The spaces below have a direct connection to our exhibition about Astrid Lindgren's films and we would like to thank Cykla i Filmlandskapet for this attention to the cultural heritage that we are all both proud of and convey in our respective activities. Here is a link to the calendar Advent Calendar 2025 - Cycling in the Film Landscape of Småland

Thank you Astrid Lindgren AB for the collaboration that makes it possible for us to show how Astrid Lindgren's films were created. Thank you Emil-kraften who was the project owner for the preliminary study that led to the realization of Filmbyn Småland. Thank you Swedish Film Industry and the Swedish Film Institute for allowing us to show parts of the fantastic films and original props.

There are many who have contributed over the years to the cultural heritage of Astrid Lindgren's Småland being told and living on. Curious about our exhibition. We are open on December 27 and 28 and January 2 from 10 am to 16 pm. A warm welcome!

Below are the calendar slots that are connected to Astrid Lindgren and that have been published on Instagram and Facebook:

Door 5 Astrid Lindgren's parents: Samuel Agust and Hanna in Hult.

Door 6 Astrid Lindgren

Door 7 Stina Joahnsson who lent her farm in Gibberyd for the filming of the outdoor scenes in Katthult in the films about Emil in Lönneberga

Door 8 The Kyllenbeck family, who are an important part of Filmbyn's history and current leadership.

Door 9 Lars-Erik Svantesson who was a still photographer during the filming of the Emil films and with whom we have an agreement to print and sell the unique movie posters from the Emil films in our store.

Door 10 Lasse Hallström who directed the filming of the films about The Children of Noisy Village in 1986 in Sevedstorp.

Door 11 Kenneth Roth who worked on the Bullerby films for a whole year and arranged filming locations and helped with effects and sets. He has also contributed a large amount of images from the filming that we will show on a screen next to the Bullerby environment in our exhibition. There is also the sled and a kick that Kenneth has passed on to us and which has been in a barn in Pelarne for 40 years.

Door 14 Anna Mellergård who initiated and formulated the vision for the creation of Filmbyn and presented the idea to, among others, Allan Larsson at a conference in Jönköping which was the start of the company Snickerboa Mariannelund AB which runs the operations at Filmbyn Småland

Door 17 Sara Schwardt who wrote the book "I put your letters under the mattress" and who worked as a guide at Filmbyn etc.

Door 21 Susanne Stjernberg who runs Stjernberg's pantry and bakery together with Jörgen Stjernberg. They deliver cinnamon rolls, pies etc. to Filmbyn which is much appreciated by all our visitors.

Door 22 Simone Kästner who has translated many signs and materials into German since the Film Village was built.

Filmbyn Småland is gearing up thanks to Region Jönköping's operating grant and hiring Louise Wiktorsson as technical store manager and exhibition developer. We are preparing a comprehensive technical improvement and minor new parts in the exhibition in 2026 and planning for a completely new environment in 2027. Follow our social media and you will always be updated on everything exciting that is happening at Filmbyn Småland in the future. We warmly welcome Louise Wiktorsson to us.